Compared with previous years, Barrett said so far 2012 has been easy on his staff and snow budget.

"So we have a budget of $7.9 million for snow. We've used about $5.4 million. We still have about $2 million. I'm not saying that to encourage the gods to snow, but I'd rather be in that situation," Barrett said.

Department of Public Works employees work year-round to make sure trucks are always ready for the snow.

"In the summertime, we inspect plows, anything that needs repairing before the season we get to that," fleet repair supervisor Jim Strehlow said.

There are 108 salt trucks ready. Each one can carry at least 12,000 pounds of salt. But that's not all.

"If it goes beyond that, and our sanitation department thinks we need to plow the streets, then we can add an additional 175 garbage trucks, recycling trucks, dump trucks, and then we have various pieces of equipment. I mean we can come out with about 380 pieces of equipment total," Strehlow said.

Strehlow said his crews will be on standby to roll out that heavy equipment in Wisconsin's winter weather.

Barrett told WISN 12 News there is more than enough salt to lay down on the roads for this weekend's anticipated weather.

City leaders are reminding residents the winter parking rules are also in effect.

Hillary Clinton's office said "nothing nefarious was at play" when the former secretary of state used her personal email address, rather than one provided by the State Department, during her four years as America's top diplomat.